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語源

After the golden yellow skin tone of some multiracial people. "High" is usually considered a reference to a social class system in which skin color (and associated ancestries) is a major factor, placing those of lighter skin (with more white ancestry) at the top and those of darker skin at the bottom.

名詞

high yellow (plural high yellows)

1. (sometimes racially offensive) A black person with light skin with yellow undertones.
   • 2014 January 10, Colorism: The Secret Shame (Oprah's Lifeclass), season 5, episode 2, via OWN:

     Being a light-skinned girl, you get called names. You get called 'lite-brite', you get called 'high yellow', 'redbone'.

同意語

• high yaller

形容詞

high yellow (comparative more high yellow, superlative most high yellow)

1. Of a black person, having a light skin tone.
   • 2007 October 8, 12:23 from the start, in ...Or Die Trying (The Boondocks), season 2, episode 1, spoken by Granddad (John Witherspoon):

     Now, you gonna get your little narrow, high yellow ass back into the theater and enjoy Soul Plane 2.

参考

• colorism
• redbone